Buccaneers’ Mike Evans knew Tom Brady was ‘hurt pretty bad,’ but didn’t know he was dealing with a torn MCL

As if Tom Brady having the ability to win a Super Bowl in his first season with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at age 43 wasn’t unbelievable sufficient, it was reported earlier this month that he achieved this whereas taking part in on a fully torn MCL. Brady reportedly had been coping with this ache earlier than he signed with the Buccaneers final offseason, however did have surgical procedure this summer season to right the difficulty.

Whereas Brady was capable of set a Buccaneers franchise document with 40 passing touchdowns within the common season and gained his fifth Tremendous Bowl MVP, did his teammates know that he was coping with a severe harm? Bucs vast receiver Mike Evans lately instructed JoeBucsFan.com that he knew Brady was harm, however did not know that it was a completely torn MCL.

“I knew he was harm, harm fairly dangerous,” Evans stated. “However you recognize, he is as powerful as you are going to get. He was battling. I did not comprehend it was torn. However it speaks to as powerful as a participant he actually is.”

Brady’s harm scenario might be one thing that the NFL seems to be into; he was not listed on the workforce’s harm report every week regardless of coping with stated harm. As CBS Sports’ John Breech penned, the NFL has a particular rule about reporting accidents, and the commissioner has the flexibility to punish the workforce or participant concerned. When requested if the Buccaneers could be punished over the Brady scenario earlier this offseason, the league declined to touch upon the matter to Pro Football Talk.

Whereas Evans stated that he knew Brady was fairly banged up through the season, he instructed JoeBucsFan.com that he cannot actually see a distinction along with his quarterback after he went underneath the knife, however that he seems to be very “springy” and “wiry” proper now.